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99ers look to rebound

The Brantford 99ers will hope to bounce back this week after suffering a 6-2 road loss to the Stratford Warriors on Friday in Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League action.

Brantford's record sits at 13-25-24, placing it sixth in the Mid-Western Conference with 32 points. The 99ers are being chased by seventh-place Guelph (11-27-1-6, 29 points) and eighth-place Brampton (12-31-1-0, 25 points).

Christian Polillo scored both goals against Stratford with Jack Gaffney and Hunter Dubecki notching two assists apiece. Cameron Gratton took the loss in goal, making 35 saves.

With two weeks to go in the regular season, the 99ers will play three times this week. Brantford is at home on Thursday hosting Guelph at the Gretzky Centre at 7:30 p.m. It then travels to Stratford on Friday and Kitchener on Saturday for 7:30 p.m. contests.